Recent Arrivals from Tannery Books

Macmillan, 1963. Hardcover. Good/fair. [Edited by Douglas Cooper, Introduction by Kenneth Clark, Great Private Collections, Macmillan, copyright 1963. Antiquities, furnishings and art collections of 26 collectors around the western world, from Italian armour to fine book bindings. The 5-7 ephemeral items laid in give clues to the disposition of some collections after publication, 1967-1976. Articles include a pre-auction… Read more about this item

2001. Brenda Chambers McKean, Blood and War at My Doorstep: North Carolina Civilians in the War Between the States, Volume II, Xlibris, 2001, ISBN 9781453543634. Association Copy — owned by Mattie Clyburn Rice, daughter (not a typo) of former slave and Confederate Army volunteer Weary Clyburn. Inscribed by the author on title page “to a ‘Real’ Daughter / Mattie… Read more about this item

Good. Edwards, Beeson, et al. Archive of postcards and letters. Forty items, mostly postcards, dated 1895 to 1950s, sent to and from families in Glenola — an unincorporated area in Randolph County, North Carolina (currently in the High Point postal area). This area is rich in Quaker history; a couple of the writers use “thy” language and one… Read more about this item

Good. Memorabilia of a Star Trek fan and collector, mostly The Original Series (TOS). The highlight of this collection is candid snapshots of stars from Star Trek conventions, many with years and cities or name of convention labeled on the back. Book David Woodroffe, Make A Model: Starship Enterprise, New York, Chatham River Press, 1990… Read more about this item

Greensboro: Centre Friends Meeting, 2008. First printing. Hardcover. New. Kay Davis Coltrane, Centre Friends: The Legacy of the Meeting on the Hill, Greensboro, N.C., Centre Friends Meeting, 2008, First Printing (500 copies). Hardcover with illustration of meeting house on the front, 4to (28 cm), 408 pp. History of colonial American Quakers and settlement at Centre Friends Meeting in… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1902. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. Edward McCrady, The History of South Carolina in the Revolution (4-volume set), New York, The Macmillan Company, 1897-1902, First Printing [Howes, M-73]. Volumes include The History of South Carolina Under the Proprietary Government, 1670-1719, published in 1897; The History of South Carolina Under the Royal Goverment, 1719-1776, 1899; The… Read more about this item

New York: E.P Dutton, 1973. Later printing. Hardback. Good/good. Richard A. Wolters, introduction by John W. Randolph, pictures by Joan Sydlow; Gun Dog: Revolutionary Rapid Training Method; New York E.P. Dutton & Co., 1973, later printing. Red covered boards with bold silver lettering on spine, bw photo endpapers, x, 150 pp with index, many bw photos; Glossy red… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Tract Association of Friends, ca. 1888. Reprint. Leather_bound. Fair. Bound collection of 43 tracts, Philadelphia, Tract Association of Friends, undated reprints [ca. 1887-1888]. Leather hc with gilt-stamped 'Friends' Tracts' in black title box on spine, 8vo (18 cm), individually paginated. Forty-three selections from the first 97 tracts published by the Tract Association, memoirs of John Woolman, Caroline… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: William H. Pile, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Joseph Edgerton, Some Account of the Life and Religious Services of Joseph Edgerton, a Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends. With Extracts from His Correspondence. Compiled from original manuscripts by his daughter Eunice Thomasson. Philadelphia, William H. Pile, 1885, First Edition. Brown cloth hc with gilt-stamped… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1951. Book of the Month Club Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Nevil Shute, Round the Bend: A Novel, New York, William Morrow & Co., 1951, Book of the Month Club Edition. "Tom Cutter was in love with airplanes from his boyhood. He might have lived happily and successfully in England all his life, working… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Thomas Kite, 1831. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. John Kendall, Letters on Religious Subjects, Written By Divers Friends, Deceased. Philadelphia, Thomas Kite, 1831, Two volumes in one [Second Edition - Smith Vol. 2, p. 55]. Smith: "The Letters in this Collection are by John Rutty, Catharine Payton, Samuel Forthergill, Sophia Hume, John Churchman, Dr. John Fothergill, Richard Shackleton,… Read more about this item

London: Harvey and Darton, 1829. Hardcover. Fair. John Churchman, An Account of the Gospel Labours and Christian Experiences of John Churchman, London, Harvey and Darton, 1829, later edition [Smith, p. 408]. Plain brown paper boards, 12mo (19 cm), viii, 316 uneven cut pp. Fair: front board detached and spine missing, interior good, no markings.

Philadelphia: Friends' Book-Store. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Isaac Penington, Letters of Isaac Penington - An Eminent Minister of the Gospel in The Society of Friends Which He Joined About the Year 1658. Philadelphia, Friends' Book-Store, from the Second London Edition [after 1828 - Smith, p. 359]. Brown cloth hc with simple blind-stamped borders and gilt titling on spine,… Read more about this item

University of Rochester Press, 2006. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/good. Elizabeth Brayer, George Eastman: A Biography, University of Rochester Press, 2006, reprint edition. Black cloth over burgundy boards, 8vo (23 cm), xvi, 638 pp with index, illustrated with bw photos; glossy pictorial dustjacket. Good/Good: ex-library with stamps and tape damage, light soiling/spot pp 90-91, no internal markings, pages crisp; DJ… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888, First American Edition. Red cloth hc with gilt lettering on spine, 8vo (19 cm), dark gray endpapers, xiv, 322 pp, 8 pp ads, 12 illustrated plates including frontispiece. Good/no… Read more about this item

Humphrey Milford - Oxford University Press, 1925. Hardcover. Good. Robert Browning. Poems of Robert Browning, Containing Dramatic Lyrics, Dramatic Romances, Men and Women, Dramas, Pauline, Paracelsus, Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day, Sordello, and Dramatix Personae. Humphrey Milford - Oxford University Press, 1925. Dark blue cloth HC with gilt shield on front and simple blind-stamped frame on front and back, small… Read more about this item

Warrington: Thomas Hurst, 1840. Leather_bound. Fair. John Woolman, James Cropper, Bernard Barton, A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman, Late of Mount-Holly, in the Province of New Jersey, North America, To Which Are Added, His Last Epistle, and Other Writings. Warrington, Thomas Hurst, 1840, later edition… Read more about this item

J. B. Lippincott Company, 1966. First printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library/good. Elizabeth Gray Vining, Flora - A Biography, Philadelphia and New York, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1966, First printing. Tan cloth over gray paper boards with red title block on spine, 8vo (21 cm), 208 pp, illustrated; orange and white dustjacket with portraits on front and back. Fair: ex-library with… Read more about this item

Paris: Ernest Flammarion. Hardcover. Good. [Giacomo Casanova] Memoires de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, ecrits par lui-meme, Tome Troisieme (volume 3), Paris, Ernest Flammarion [ca. 1912-1930]. Quarter leather over marbled boards, 8vo (18 cm), 508 pp with TOC at end, French language. Good/no DJ: covers scuffed and worn with boards showing at edges, po name in ink on title… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: George W. Bowman, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Colonel R. Delafield. Report on the Art of War in Europe in 1854, 1855, and 1856 ... From His Notes and Observations Made as a Member of a "Military Commission to the Theater of War in Europe," under the orders of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War.… Read more about this item